General APA in-text citations follow this pattern:
(Author, Year of publication).
To cite an online journal article in a reference entry in APA 7th edition include the following elements:
For citations, the Chicago style offers authors the choice between two formats:
Aside from the use of numbered footnotes vs. parenthetical citations in-text, the two systems share a similar style.
The Harvard referencing style uses the author-date system for in-text citations, which means the author's surname and the year of publication in round brackets are placed within the text. If there is no discernible author, the title and date are used.
The reference list outlines all the sources directly cited in your work. It should be ordered alphabetically by the surname of the first author of each work. References with no author are ordered alphabetically by the first significant word of the title. Only the initials of the authors' given name are used, with no full stop and space between the initials.
The general referencing order for a journal article in Harvard is:
APA Citation Guides
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Chicago Style Guides
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Harvard Citation Guides
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